The 2012-13 exhibition schedule gets underway on Oct. 25 in Ruston, La., against Louisiana Tech. The Boll Weevils (20-9 last season) then travel to Baton Rouge, La., on Nov. 5 to meet LSU and to Jonesboro on Nov. 13 to match up with Arkansas State.

The regular season opener is set for Nov. 9 at home against Champion Baptist College. Other home non-conference games include Crowley’s Ridge College on Nov. 17, Delta State (Miss.) on Dec. 15 and Southwest Baptist (Mo.) on Dec. 17. The Boll Weevils make non-conference road trips to Southwest Baptist on Nov. 15 and Delta State on Nov. 20.

The Boll Weevils are set to play 20 Great American Conference games in the second year of the league. That number has increased by four with home-and-away matchups against provisional members Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene added to the conference schedule. NWOSU and SNU are not eligible for the 2012-13 regular season championship or for participation in the 2013 conference championship tournament.